Clinton on debate: 'I wasn't at my best'

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CNN: November 6, 2007
Clinton on debate: 'I wasn't at my best'
From Alexander Mooney
CNN Washington bureau

NEWTON, Iowa (CNN) -- Democratic presidential front-runner Sen. Hillary Clinton said Tuesday her performance may have been lacking at last week's presidential debate, but brushed aside criticisms she has not been clear on where she stands on the issues.

"I wasn't at my best the other night," Clinton told CNN's Candy Crowley. "We've had a bunch of debates and I wouldn't rank that up in my very top list. "But I've answered probably, I don't know, more than 5,000 questions over the last 10 months and I have been very clear about where I stand and what I want to do for the country."

Clinton, a New York Democrat, came under intense criticism from her Democratic opponents during and after a debate last Tuesday in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when she appeared to evade a question about New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer's policy of offering driver's licenses to illegal immigrants. "I understand the necessity for criticism," Clinton said. "We're getting toward the end of a very long presidential primary process."

She refuted the notion her Democratic rivals have teamed up against her because she is the lone woman in the race -- as high-profile Clinton supporters Geraldine Ferraro and Eleanor Smeal have suggested.

"In a campaign where people are trying to score political points and I am ahead, I am going to be attacked. That's what happens in campaigns. I don't have any problem with that. If they are going to use their energy in attacking me, that's their choice," Clinton said....

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/06/clinton.iowa/index.html

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1. And if it stops you from getting the nom, Hillary, its worth it.